New edition of the PN-B-02877-4 standard, gravity smoke exhaust system. What has changed?
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.36119/15.2025.10.4Keywords:
smoke extraction, natural smoke and heat exhaust ventilators, fire safety, fire ventilationAbstract
After many years of waiting, a new version of the standard PN-B-02877-4:2025-07 has been published on the PKN website. The revised standard, based on the structure of the withdrawn document, has been significantly modified and expanded with new content. This article discusses the key changes in the standard, including its scope, the deeply modified and more detailed principles for selecting components for smoke ventilation systems in PM buildings and stairwells in multi-story buildings. The article also draws attention to entirely new provisions concerning, among other things, the principles for determining the size of air inlet openings for compensatory airflow, wall-mounted devices for smoke removal, heating, control, activation, testing, and oversight of the system. The article also includes the author’s subjective assessment of the new version of the standard and a justification for the recommendation to apply it.
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PN-B-02877-4:2001 Ochrona przeciwpożarowa budynków – Instalacje grawitacyjne do odprowadzania dymu i ciepła – Zasady projektowania.
PN-B-02877-4:2025-07 Ochrona przeciwpożarowa budynków – Instalacje grawitacyjne do odprowadzania dymu i ciepła – Zasady projektowania.
Rozporządzenie Ministra Infrastruktury z dnia 12 kwietnia 2002 r. w sprawie warunków technicznych, jakim powinny odpowiadać budynki i ich usytuowanie (t.j. Dz.U. 2022 poz. 1225 ze zm.)
